[crunchymum]

ok, so i'm battling this awful yeast infection, right? (i know, TOTALLY not what you want to read in a recipe thread, lol). anyway, i've been super limited to what i can eat at the moment, i even had to cut out fruit for awhile. i'm happy to report i'm now allowed to have a fruit everyday now! woo!

anyway, i've completely cut out ALL refined sugar, and refined carbohydrates. i feel fantastic, of course, but this sugar junkie misses sweets SO. BADLY.

in my research of things that are actually good for killing off yeast, i found out that raw virgin coconut oil is excellent for that, as well as xylitol. hmmm... soooo, today i tried an experiment with delicious consequences. i was inspired by a thread over at the t-tapp forum.

i mixed a bit of the oil (maybe 1/4 c?) with some dark unsweetened cocoa powder until it was all creamy like, and then added about 1/2 t. of xylitol. then i added some unsweetened toasted coconut and a few drops of almond extract, dropped little clumps on a plate and stuck it in my freezer. OH MY!!!! it only takes a minute or two for it to get hard and it's like guilt free almond joy, i tell you. if i had chopped almonds to put in there, i would.

spurred on by my success, i tried the coconut oil, xylitol, cocoa and like half a drop of peppermint oil (i didn't have extract). so so delicious.

the nice thing is that they *need* to stay in the freezer, so no taking out more than one at a time. you might want to adjust the sweetener to your tastes, or try your luck with maple syrup of something (i can't have that right now, though). i would also read up on raw virgin coconut oil, it has amazing health benefits, but you should probably start very slow when you first start taking it, you can get the herxheimer effect from it because it's so good at killing off the beasties.

i really needed chocolate today, i'm so glad i did it! and no yucky sugar crash to deal with.